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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Dr Mustafa Fetouri

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What could Libya expect from re-elected Erdogan and warmer Cairo-Ankara ties?

To really see how important Turkiye is, both regionally and internationally, look at the list of heads of states, governments and foreign ministers...

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Libya moderate Islamic interpretations under threat as more radicals penetrate government institutions

Hundreds of Libyans took to social media recently to express their anger and disappointment at the latest decision by the country's General Authority...

01.06.2023 10

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How the man who wants to be president of Libya committed political suicide

Libya's Tobruk-based Parliament voted on 16 May to dismiss Fathi Bashagha, as prime minister of parallel government in the east of the country and...

25.05.2023 30

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Is the Palestine Resistance rendering Israel supremacy useless?

Life is returning to normal in besieged Gaza, but "normal" there is actually abnormal. Israel accepted the ceasefire after killing some 33 people,...

18.05.2023 30

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Gaza and the use of sanctions as a foreign policy tool for collective punishment

International humanitarian law derived from the Geneva Convention of 1949 and the 1977 Protocols, states clearly that no person should be punished for...

11.05.2023 40

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Can the African Union regain the initiative in Libya?

The 12 year conflict in Libya remains exclusively a game of, mainly, Western countries, Russia and some regional powers, like Turkiye. Africa, of...

04.05.2023 30

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'I am Sudan' motto and the elusive transition to democracy

On a banner displayed on one of the Sudanese Armed Forces' Khartoum buildings, a phrase inscribe in red colour, reads "I am Sudan", summing up the...

27.04.2023 30

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Potential implications of the power struggle in Sudan on Libya

General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan is fighting against his one time ally Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti. The battle in Sudan is expanding...

20.04.2023 10

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America's new Libya strategy: is it about Libya or about kicking Russia out of Libya?

Last May, three months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden-Harris Administration released what it called "Global Fragility Act": a policy paper...

06.04.2023 30

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Land for peace initiatives are non-starters for Israel

Israel has burnt every olive branch offered by the Palestinians, starting with the late Yasser Arafat's famous 1974 speech at the UN when he told the...

30.03.2023 20

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Can Cairo torpedo the UN's plans in Libya despite its rapprochement with foe Ankara?

Egypt warmly welcomed Turkiye's Foreign Minister for the first time in a decade that saw relations between the two countries soured over, mainly, what...

23.03.2023 20

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Libya has a water problem despite its abundance of 'black gold'

Libya is one of the driest countries in the Middle East-North Africa region, which is itself home to eleven of the fifteen driest countries in the...

16.03.2023 30

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Will a sudden agreement in Libya mean elections this year?

The aim of the UN mission in Libya has always been to help the country reach the end of the transitional period which has been in progress since the...

09.03.2023 50

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Libyans still insist on simultaneous presidential and legislative elections

02.03.2023 30

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Why are foreign 'bogeymen' allowed to hamper Libya's progress 12 years after the revolution?

It is 12 years since the so-called Arab Spring visited Libya and ended the late leader Muammar Gaddafi's government, plunging the country into chaos,...

23.02.2023 90

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Netanyahu's six lies in one interview

In his first major international interview since returning to power, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to CNN earlier this month. He...

16.02.2023 20

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The irony of Israel offering to make peace between Russia and Ukraine 

Link to the intercept Occupiers do not criticise other occupiers, do they? It does not make sense, and it sounds ridiculous if they do. For example,...

09.02.2023 60

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Time for social media companies to end their anti-Palestine bias

Try searching Facebook for this name, Hassan Nasrallah, and result comes back with a warning that says "Are you sure you want to continue? The term...

02.02.2023 60

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Why has the director of the CIA just visited Libya?

The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) arrived unannounced in Tripoli on 12 January for a brief visit that lasted just a few hours....

01.02.2023 70

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What has the EU done for Libya so far?

The European Union (EU) is supposed to have a common regional policy, particularly in relation to its immediate neighbourhood, which includes the...

01.12.2022 20

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Athens-Tripoli row: Why is Greece so angry with Libya?

On 17, November, a plane carrying Greece's Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, landed in Mitiga International Airport, in Tripoli, but the visitor...

24.11.2022 10

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